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552 women and 98 men held accountable for human trafficking in 2005-2024 in Azerbaijan

Zahid Oruj, the chairman of the Human Rights Committee of Milli Majlis

13 May 2025 10:47 (UTC +04:00)

From 2005 to 2024, 552 women and 98 men have been held accountable for human trafficking, Zahid Oruj, the chairman of the Human Rights Committee, said during the discussion of the Annual Report of the National Coordinator on Combating Human Trafficking (2024) at the joint meeting of the Human Rights, Legal Policy, and State Building Committees of the Milli Majlis (Azerbaijan's Parliament), APA reports.

Zahid Oruj noted that in the previous year’s report, the numbers were 541 women and 95 men: "From 2005 to 2024, 650 human traffickers (636 last year) have been brought to court. As for the penalties applied to human traffickers by the Serious Crimes Court, 1 received imprisonment, and 4 were given suspended sentences. The previous year’s report indicated 11 imprisonment sentences. Regarding other crimes related to human trafficking, there are 15 individuals (compared to 17 last year) wanted for arrest, and 15 individuals have been charged (compared to 6 last year)."